Yosef (Yossi) Goldberg ( he, יוסף גולדברג, 8 April 1942 - 8 June 2002) was an Israeli farmer and politician who served as mayor of

Metula Metula ( he, מְטֻלָּה) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. Metula is located next to the northern border with Lebanon. In it had a population of . Metula is the northernmost town in Israel. History Bronze and Iron Age Metu ...

from 1978 until 1998, and as a member of the

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for

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and the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea between 1988 and 1992.

Biography

Goldberg was born in Metula during the Mandate era. His father was a founder of the town and a local

Mukhtar A mukhtar ( ar, مختار, mukhtār, chosen one; el, μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed, the muk ...

. He was educated at a local primary school before attending the

Mikveh Israel Mikveh Israel ( he, מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, 'Hope of Israel') is a youth village and boarding school in the Tel Aviv District of central Israel, established in 1870. It was the first Jewish agricultural school in what is now Isra ...

agricultural high school. He went on to work as a farmer. A reserve Major in the

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, he was commander of the northern settlements and was involved in establishing the

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between Israel and Lebanon. He joined the

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, becoming a member of its central committee. In 1978 he became head of Metula's local council, a role he held until 1998, and also was a member of the Centre for Local Government, the

Development town Development towns ( he, עיירת פיתוח, ''Ayarat Pitu'ah'') were new settlements built in Israel during the 1950s in order to provide permanent housing for a large influx of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries, Holocaust survivors from E ...

s secretariat and chairman of the Association for Galilee

Moshavim A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 ...

. He was elected to the

on the Likud list (which the Liberal Party had merged into) in

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. On 15 March 1990 he was one of five Likud members to break away and establish the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea, later renamed the New Liberal Party.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website However, he returned to Likud on 4 December that year. He lost his seat in the 1992 elections. He died in 2002 at the age of 60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldberg, Yosef 1942 births 2002 deaths People from Metula Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli soldiers Mayors of local councils in Israel Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Likud politicians Liberal Party (Israel) politicians New Liberal Party (Israel) politicians